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Historical Event on 12/19/1919
Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 7/25/1970 | Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 1/29/1997 | Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 11/7/1912 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore. |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 9/11/1906 | Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'. |
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